Before the news of Johnson's hiring was announced, Gruden appeared on the "Pardon My Take" podcast and explained, in his mind, what makes Johnson so special. For Gruden, most of what Johnson excelled at with his time in Detroit may not be observed by the casual eye, and that's winning at the line of scrimmage during the pre-snap process.

The Las Vegas Raiders have to be asking themselves one question on Monday after the Chicago Bears hired the 2025 coaching carousel's top candidate in Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson: Now what?

For the last week, the prevailing sentiment in the NFL was that Ben Johnson was being wooed from the Lions by Tom Brady to be the next head coach of the Raiders. Or maybe that he would want to go coach Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars.